Hellraisers Journal: From the Northwest Worker of Everett, Washington: “More of Our Dead in Fight For Freedom”

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Don’t Mourn, Organize!
-Joe Hill

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Hellraisers Journal, Sunday November 26, 1916
Socialists and Unionists of Everett Mourn Their Dead

Everett Massacre, Hdline OUR DEAD, NW Worker, Nov 23, 1916

Why? When?

Everett Massacre, Why When, NW Worker, Nov 23, 1916

Note: Disturbing photographs below the fold.

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Hellraisers Journal: Striking Shingleweavers of Everett, Washington, Beaten on Picket Line

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You ought to be out raising hell.
This is the fighting age.
Put on your fighting clothes.
-Mother Jones
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Hellraisers Journal, Friday August 25, 1916
Everett, Washington – County Officials Defend Gunthugs

From The Northwest Worker of August 24, 1916:

The NorthWest Worker, Everett WA, Aug 24, 1916

KELLY AND MCRAE DEFEND STRIKE-
BREAKERS AND GUNMEN IN EVERETT
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City and County Police Force Used to Help Beat
Up Striking Shingleweavers and Give
Gunmen Plenty of Freedom
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Once again King Kelly [County Commissioner] has demonstrated the fact to the citizens of Everett that he is the High Mogul in this neck of the woods. The “King” is spending more than a thousand dollars a month of Everett taxpayers’ money in order to keep “specials” to protect the interests of the mill owners. This fact was demonstrated when some 75 strike breakers attacked the picket line of 19 union shingle weavers at the Cargo mill last Saturday morning [August 19th] and the police stood by and laughed and seemed tickled to death to see the pickets get a licking.
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